Prolonged chest pain - answer ischemia
Most common cause of chest pain - answer hiatal hernia / gerd
Heartburn, regurgitation,
Relived by antacids.
Worsen in recumbent position - answer hh / gerd
Dyspnea, tachypnea, tachy, hypoxemia - answer pulmonary
Embolism
Virchows triad - answer
Intermittent, returrent chest pain,
Often occurs at rest - answer prinzmetals angina (coronary
Artery spasm)
Severe, sharp, tearing, chest pain,
Radiates to back, change in pulses - answer aortic dissection
Sharp, positional, pleuritic.
Relived by leaning forward
Recent viral infection - answer pericarditis
Vague and mild chest pain. With elevated total ck and mb - answer myocarditis
, Chest pain increased by inspiration, friction rub that stops
When patient holds breath- often from
prolonged cough
Hyper-resonance on percussion - answer pleuritis
Abrupt onset sharp plueritic chest pain and dyspnea.
Absent breath sounds
Tracheal deviation / doe - answer penumothorax
Atypical chest pain. Stabbing.
Localized
Can be reproduced by motion or palpation - answer
Costochondral pain
Ruq abd pain. Colicky.
Possibly related to food intake - answer gb dz
Dull, generalized abdominal pain in elderly. Pain out of proportion -
answer mesenteric ischemia fever, sob, cough. Pleuritic chest pian.
Dull to percussion, decreased breath sounds - answer
Pneumonia